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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

Women's Health

Have you had a hysterectomy?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,508 2,847 27.9 26.8-29.0 6,661 72.1 71.0-73.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 385 140 34.0 28.5-40.1 245 66.0 59.9-71.5
GENDER
Male 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Female 381 136 33.0 27.5-39.0 245 67.0 61.0-72.5
RACE
White 320 118 34.7 28.8-41.1 202 65.3 58.9-71.2
Other 65 22 28.3 14.9-47.1 43 71.7 52.9-85.1
AGE
18-44 125 14 11.6 5.9-21.7 111 88.4 78.3-94.1
45+ 260 126 46.6 39.3-54.1 134 53.4 45.9-60.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 185 74 34.1 26.3-42.9 111 65.9 57.1-73.7
Some College + 198 66 34.3 26.9-42.7 132 65.7 57.3-73.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 75 30.8 23.9-38.6 151 69.2 61.4-76.1
$50,000+ 68 21 29.9 18.5-44.4 47 70.1 55.6-81.5

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* This question was asked of respondents who reported not being pregnant at time of interview.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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